Arguments de la politique

Islamabad - Former premier and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has accused the backers of the Afghan peace process of lying and misleading the public, saying jihad alone can resolve the country's crisis.
In his Eid-ul-Fitr message, Hekmatyar said those who expected that the peace process would yield a solution to the crisis in Afghanistan were lying.
"The only solution is to continue the jihad until all the foreign forces fully leave Afghanistan," he said in a ...

... till foreign forces leave country
Islamabad - Former Afghan prime minister and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has said "jihad" is the only alternative till foreign forces leave the country.
"The only solution is to continue the jihad until all the foreign forces fully leave Afghanistan," The Express Tribune quoted Hekmatyar, as saying.
The HIA had been involved in talks with Afghan government and U.S. officials, which were eventually suspended after Kabul ...

If fragmenting control of Afghanistan is the new US game plan, what could the post-2014 landscape look like in that country?
New Delhi - The international media is glossing over a potentially far-reaching development in Afghanistan. There have been a handful of sketchy reports about “armed, popular local uprisings” that have “expelled the Taliban” from several districts in eastern Afghanistan, but there has been little follow-up investigation or writing about these ...

KABUL-The Taliban's reclusive leader Mullah Omar has issued an Eid message claiming victories on the battlefield against NATO and defending initial contacts, now suspended, with the US.
The rare statement by the militants' one-eyed leader, said by the Afghan government to be based in neighbouring Pakistan, came on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr celebrations marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
The "unique distinction" of this year's summer offensive by the Taliban was that it had reached ...

KABUL - The Taliban must be willing to make compromises in nascent peace talks, a prominent Afghan opposition figure said Friday, warning that ethnic minorities who for years battled the Taliban were prepared to take up arms again if they have to give up too much.
Marc Grossman, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, is expected in Kabul at the weekend to discuss progress in negotiations -- seen by their supporters as the best chance of ending a decade-long war -- with Afghan ...

* Spanta says team met Taliban's former leader two months ago and ‘spoke to him to know his views on peace talks’
* Malik says Pakistan granted Afghans access to Baradar
KABUL/ISLAMABAD: Afghan officials have held secret talks with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's former second-in-command who is in detention in Pakistan in a move which could help rekindle stalled peace talks with the insurgents, according to senior officials from both countries. Rangin Spanta, the ...

Kabul (BNA) General Abdul Rahim Wardak left his assignment as acting minister of National Defense and while bidding farewell with the ministry’s staffs left the ministry’s headquarter.
General Wardak who was talking at the presence of the media and the ministry’s staffs said that he appreciation the attention of President Karzai towards his and the ministry’s staffs and while praising the members of the House of people for two terms he had been given the vote of ...

The 'heirs' of Warlords like Dostum Abdul Rashin, Atta Muhammad, Gul Agha Sherzai, Ismail Khan and Harji Bashar are now the controllers of the business in which government figures are included as well as foreign specialists who act as security guards and NATO military
A little more than 10 years after the invasion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Afghanistan is still the main generator of opium with calculations estimated just over 90 percent of world production.
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WASHINGTON — Afghan President Hamid Karzai refused to remove a former warlord from atop the energy and water ministry despite U.S. pressure to oust the minister because Washington considered him corrupt and ineffective.
Secret diplomatic records showed the minister – privately termed "the worst" by U.S. officials – kept his perch at an agency that controls $2 billion in U.S. and allied projects.
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But U.S. aid to Afghanistan has continued despite the dispute over the ...

It is Friday — holy day — in Kabul. Near the checkpoint barrier a woman begs, her burka hiding her shame, but the only thing she receives is a spattering of dirt cast up by the passing trucks. The barrier lifts. Soldiers in dark green uniforms, rifles slung over their shoulders, wave me through. As I climb out of the car a thousand eyes burn into me, but I am careful not to return anyone’s gaze.
Such brazen conduct from a foreign woman would be sure to get me into trouble. ...

A number of Momand tribal elders from eastern Nangarhar province on Monday blamed the governor and several traders for grabbing state land, but the provincial administration rejected the claim as baseless.
Tribal elders and district council head Haji Jehanzeb told a news conference in Kabul Governor Gul Agha Sherzai and traders Haji Ghaljai, Haji Maluk and Mullah Jan had grabbed 10,000 acres land in the Surkh Diwal area of Rodat district.
“We want to build a factory in the area ...

Minister Ahady said that the Afghan government was making progress in increasing revenues and attracting foreign investments, but he urged donors to continue aid flows to ensure the gains can be maintained.
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Minister Ahady said that the narcotics trade continues to be a major challenge for the Afghan government.
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Professor Doctor Anwar ul-Haq Ahady is an Afghan politician and academic, and the top finance official in Afghanistan.
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The election for President of Afghanistan is now just a few days away. Readers of Kabul Press’ Dari pages have seen extensive coverage of Dr. Bashardost’s campaign for several months. Main stream international Western media such as The New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian (UK), BBC and NPR have recently carried in-depth stories on Bashardost. In the last days of the campaign, Kabul Press would like to re-state for English speakers the reasons it has strongly supported ...

Government report on 30 years of violence may not see the light of day because it names politically-connected warlords.
A recent report detailing atrocities committed over three decades of conflict in Afghanistan was supposed to provide answers to the families of one million people killed and 1.3 million left disabled by the violence, but now some fear that a focus on naming politically-connected perpetrators could prevent the document's release.
The report, "Conflict Mapping in ...

Kabul (BNA) Acting president Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim in his meeting with the elders and influential of Sayed Khail of Parwan province emphasized on preservation of security and consolidation of stability in the country.
He said that with the cooperation of elders and influential today Parwan province is security and it is necessary that you should focus your attention during this summer than any other time as Parwan is host thousand of countrymen from all parts of the country.
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Kabul (BIA) Acting president Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim first vice-president of Afghanistan in his meeting with the UNHCR commissioner praised the cooperation of this organization in coordination of affairs pertaining to refugees and displaced in Afghanistan and Pakistan and asked for its further cooperation in this respect.
At this meeting Marshal Fahim expressed his sympathies over the death of three employees of UNHCR in Kandahar and added that Afghanistan considering its needs ...

The Afghan judiciary is investigating Minister of Finance Omar Zakhilwal for alleged corruption in his department.
The investigation stemmed from a broadcast of the independent TV station Tolo, which showed copies of bank accounts of Zakhilwal.It showed that from 2007 to 2011, he deposited more than 800,000 euros in his account. According to Tolo, the largest part of the amount was diverted to foreign accounts, which consisted of more than 80,000 euros in a bank in Canada for the purchase ...